Comparing the effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity on predator-prey dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-304

  Yamamichi, Masato ^a   Yoshida, Takehito ^b,c   Sasaki, Akira ^a,c,d  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bursting; Ecoevolutionary feedback; Environmental fluctuation; Inducible defense; Stability; Standing genetic variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; ROTIFERA; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 80051514397     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661241     Document Type: Article

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